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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans an AI search tool, World Knowledge Answers, for a spring 2026 Siri revamp; Apple and Google have agreed to test a Google AI model for Siri  —  Apple Inc. is planning to launch its own artificial intelligence-powered web search tool next year, stepping up competition with OpenAI and Perplexity AI Inc.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Meta launches Instagram for iPadOS, 15 years after its iOS debut; it is slightly different than the mobile app, most notably opening directly to a feed of Reels  —  The long-requested app will feature Reels prominently on the homepage. … After years of requests from users, Instagram will finally have a dedicated app for iPad.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out new Android and Pixel features: Material 3 Expressive design for Pixel 6 and newer models, on-wrist navigation for the Pixel Watch, and more  —  Google announced on Wednesday that it's bringing a slew of new features to the Android ecosystem and Pixel devices.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg, Senator Amy Klobuchar, News / Media Alliance CEO Danielle Coffey, and others say the US v. Google remedies don't go far enough  —  ‘Google will still be allowed to continue to use its monopoly to hold back competitors, including in AI search,’ said DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg.
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
US v. Google: letting Google continue paying for traffic acquisition is a huge win for Apple and for Mozilla, which may have died without payments from Google
New York Times:
As part of the US v. Google remedies ruling, Google must create a five-person antitrust technical committee to monitor its business practices for six years
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
US v. Google: Judge Amit Mehta says “allowing Google to continue making payments is more palatable now” as GenAI companies “are in a better position” to compete
Adam Leventhal / The Athletic:
Anti-piracy organization ACE says a joint operation with Egyptian law enforcement shut down Streameast, the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform  —  Streameast — the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform — has been shut down after a year long investigation …
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Mistral updates Le Chat with a Memories feature in beta and an MCP connector directory supporting 20+ enterprise platforms, both available on its free plan  —  Mistral AI, the Paris-based artificial intelligence startup that has emerged as Europe's answer to OpenAI, announced Monday …
Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg:
Finnish quantum computing startup IQM raised a ~$320M Series B led by Ten Eleven at a $1B+ valuation, and plans a US expansion and to scale its data centers  —  IQM, a Finnish quantum computing startup, has raised €275 million ($320 million) in venture capital funding …
Julia Love / Bloomberg:
A profile of Ashish Vaswani, an Attention Is All You Need co-author and an Essential AI co-founder, who says the transformer-based labs are stifling innovation  —  Ashish Vaswani helped usher in modern AI.  Now he's worried Big Tech is blinding itself to new breakthroughs.
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Tests show Character.AI chatbots of Timothée Chalamet, Chappell Roan, and Patrick Mahomes sent messages about sex, self-harm, and drugs to users aged 13 to 15  —  The chatbots made by users of Character.AI used recognizable synthetic voices for the stars.  —  Just now
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg:
Garmin unveils the $1,200+ Fenix 8 Pro, featuring new satellite and cellular communications tools, and a $2,000 microLED version, both shipping from September 8  —  Garmin Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded, top-of-the-line rugged smartwatch for hikers, days before Apple Inc.'s expected update to its own high-end timepiece.
Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Sources: Mistral AI is finalizing a €2B investment that values the startup at €12B, its first fundraise since June 2024, when it was valued at €5.8B  —  French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is finalizing a €2 billion investment that values the company at €12 billion …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Nintendo repeatedly pushed back Switch 2's launch after its game designers asked for more time, believing focusing on gameplay beats advanced hardware  —  Earlier this year, Nintendo Co. was under growing pressure.  It had been eight long years since the release of the original Switch …
Nena Farrell / Wired:
reMarkable Paper Pro Move review: the $449 digital notepad has a spacious 7.3" color E Ink display and a slim design, but it is not ideal for lengthy notes  —  This miniaturized version of ReMarkable's colorful Paper Pro might just be my new favorite digital notepad.  —  Rating: … I love a list.
Rami Ayyub / Reuters:
The FTC and Utah say Pornhub operator Aylo has agreed to pay a $5M fine to Utah to settle charges that it did little to block CSAM and non-consensual material  —  The operators of Pornhub.com and other pornographic websites have agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission …

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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal

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Earlier Picks

Financial Times:
How SK Hynix's rise as Nvidia's main HBM chip supplier, innovating ahead of Samsung and Micron, disrupted the old order at the top end of the memory chip market
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil will become VP of OpenAI for Science, a new group with the goal of building an “AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery”
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